Naiverh Carolina Castelao is the top-transacting Latino agent in the Atlanta area, according to the annual Top 250 Latino Agents ranking from the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.
Castelar, an agent with Virtual Properties Realty in Duluth, handled 171 transactions last year with a sales volume of over $57.6 million, making her the No. 5 Latino real estate agent in the United States.
Virtual Properties Realty also tied with two other brokerages as the top office in the country, with five agents featured in the top 250.
All told, NAHREP’s top 250 agents represent 42 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. The top brand represented in the ranking is eXp Realty, with 35 agents, followed by REMAX with 20, Realty of America with 18, Keller Williams with 16 and Coldwell Banker with 12.
Women make up 57% of the top 250 Latino agents, with men making up 42%. Seventeen percent own their own business, 58% are brokers and 45% have more than 10 years of industry experience (followed by six to 10 years at 33% and two to five years to 21%).
Over half of the top 250 agents are Gen X, followed by Millennials at 37%, baby boomers at 6% and Gen Z at 5%. Ninety-five percent are bilingual.
Atlanta-area real estate agents are prominently featured throughout NAHREP’s ranking:
No. 5 – Naiverh Carolina Castelao, Virtual Properties Realty
171 transactions, $57,622,407
No. 6 – Nidia Guzman, Virtual Properties Realty
170 transactions, $65,297,131
No. 38 – Valeska Echavarria, eXp Realty
89 transactions, $25,267,750
No. 43 – Geraldine Manzanero Suarez, Virtual Properties Realty
86 transactions, $26,194,242
No. 47 – Lilibeth Moron, Keller Williams Realty Chatt North
85 transactions, $25,351,997
No. 55 – Lourdes Moscoso, eXp Realty
78 transactions, $33,347,043
No. 58 – Juan Villavicencio, Villa Realty Group
76 transactions, $25,513,575
No. 73 – Karin Ochoa, HomeSmart
69 transactions, $24,894,750
No. 80 – Ezequiel Rivera, eXp Realty
67 transactions, $13,348,422
No. 84 – Melvin Besares, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers
64 transactions, $22,778,387
No. 119 – Richard Rodriguez, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties
55 transactions, $16,616,486
No. 130 – Jeny Paz, Virtual Properties Realty
53 transactions, $19,108,347
No. 154 – Angelica Briceño, La Rosa Realty Georgia
49 transactions, $17,368,774
No. 162 – Pilar Hamrick, Virtual Properties Realty
48 transactions, $18,408,985